News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Hamburg, IA - U.S. Marshals have arrested a Muscatine man on an attempted murder warrant in connection with a deadly assault at a grain elevator in Hamburg in October.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeremiah Edwards, 34, Madison, Wisconsin, was found guilty yesterday evening of armed robbery of an O’Reilly Auto Parts store, brandishing a firearm during that crime, being a felon in possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: Two Brooklyn, New York men were convicted of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and heroin following a jury trial, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of a construction company has been indicted for allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $2.75 million in Chicago Housing Authority contracts designed to benefit minority-owned businesses.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the publication of the Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Four Rivers Field Office. The plan is designed to guide public land management decisions for almost 800,000 acres of public lands over the next 20 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces the results of a recently completed enforcement operation in Wake County by Department of Homeland Security’s Bureau of Immigration Custom Enforcement (ICE).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Saul McDuffie, age 32, of Albany, was indicted yesterday on a charge of unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); and Chief Eric Hawkins of the Albany Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Feb. 14, 2020 - Cookeville Regional Medical Center Authority, has agreed to pay $4.1 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (“FCA"), announced Don Cochran, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The alleged conduct involved payments to physicians in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that John Guerrero (also known as “Sunshine" to his former drug customers in Franklin County) was sentenced today in federal court on one count of conspiring to distribute two hundred and eighty grams or more of cocaine base ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A North Carolina man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine, cocaine, and firearms without serial numbers, also known as “ghost guns", from North Carolina to Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Alcerster, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for 12 Counts of Wire Fraud and 8 Counts of Mail Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeremiah Edwards, 34, Madison, Wisconsin, was found guilty yesterday evening of armed robbery of an O’Reilly Auto Parts store, brandishing a firearm during that crime, being a felon in possession ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: “Today a unanimous jury found Michael Avenatti guilty of misusing his client’s information in an effort to extort tens of millions of dollars from the athletic apparel company Nike. While the defendant may have tried to hide behind legal terms and a suit and tie, the jury clearly saw the defendant’s scheme for what it was - an old fashioned shakedown.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: A former senior executive pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate customers for generic drugs, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
Release: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to include the U.S. Secretary of Energy as a member of the National Space Council.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: Telford, Tennessee - On Feb. 14, 2020, Thomas Louis Motisi, 51, currently of Staten Island, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Clifton L. Corker, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management announced today three of its law enforcement professionals were recognized for their outstanding work to end marijuana cultivation on America’s public lands. BLM-California Ranger David Moffett and Special Agents Rafael Moreno and Alberto Pena received recognition...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Gaspar Leal, 49, of Albuquerque, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque to 30 years (360 months) in prison after juries found him guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine during two separate trials.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: CONCORD -Tharushan Nirmalachandran, 30, of Ile-Bizard, Quebec, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today. Nirmalachandran faces likely removal to Canada after the completion of his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Diego Garcia Lua, 61, of Orange Cove, charging him with cultivating marijuana and maintaining a drug-involved premises, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
